This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rculist: list_first_or_null_rcu() should use list_entry_rcu()
to the 3.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
rculist-list_first_or_null_rcu-should-use-list_entry_rcu.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From c34ac00caefbe49d40058ae7200bd58725cebb45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:34:48 -0700
Subject: rculist: list_first_or_null_rcu() should use list_entry_rcu()
From: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit c34ac00caefbe49d40058ae7200bd58725cebb45 upstream.
list_first_or_null() should test whether the list is empty and return
pointer to the first entry if not in a RCU safe manner. It's broken
in several ways.
* It compares __kernel @__ptr with __rcu @__next triggering the
following sparse warning.
net/core/dev.c:4331:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces)
* It doesn't perform rcu_dereference*() and computes the entry address
using container_of() directly from the __rcu pointer which is
inconsitent with other rculist interface. As a result, all three
in-kernel users - net/core/dev.c, macvlan, cgroup - are buggy. They
dereference the pointer w/o going through read barrier.
* While ->next dereference passes through list_next_rcu(), the
compiler is still free to fetch ->next more than once and thus
nullify the "__ptr != __next" condition check.
Fix it by making list_first_or_null_rcu() dereference ->next directly
using ACCESS_ONCE() and then use list_entry_rcu() on it like other
rculist accessors.
v2: Paul pointed out that the compiler may fetch the pointer more than
once nullifying the condition check. ACCESS_ONCE() added on
->next dereference.
v3: Restored () around macro param which was accidentally removed.
Spotted by Paul.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rculist.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/rculist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
@@ -267,8 +267,9 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(
*/
#define list_first_or_null_rcu(ptr, type, member) \
({struct list_head *__ptr = (ptr); \
- struct list_head __rcu *__next = list_next_rcu(__ptr); \
- likely(__ptr != __next) ? container_of(__next, type, member) : NULL; \
+ struct list_head *__next = ACCESS_ONCE(__ptr->next); \
+ likely(__ptr != __next) ? \
+ list_entry_rcu(__next, type, member) : NULL; \
})
/**
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tj@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.11/rculist-list_first_or_null_rcu-should-use-list_entry_rcu.patch
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